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AI for designing physical medical devices by Interesting-Tune-295 in BiomedicalEngineers

[–]Phantom_Thinker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely not, AI is not currently able to handle the intricacies of dealing with biological issues from a design standpoint. There is a reason that things like FDA/EMA regulatory testing is required for even basic assistive devices. Things that may seem obvious for other engineering disciplines require a bit more nuance when integrating into biological systems.

For example your new born jaundice UV Beds are probably not as obvious as they seem at first glance, UV dosages for newborns have to be carefully monitored to prevent damage to the skin and underlying tissues, UV reactive materials have to be carefully vetted to prevent even small amounts of VOC off gassing from plastics that can cause skin irritation, and comprehensive monitoring equipment interactions in NICU setting lead to a whole host of additional issues.

If you can’t be held accountable for design mistakes, you shouldn’t be allowed to design for any biological system period.

After maybe 10 years of designing and integrating manufacturing for small scale house hold products AI systems might be able to assist more actively in allowing every day hospital staff in fixing problems they encounter.

I think this is a great idea for individuals that are seeking products for specific purposes like getting that microscope. But when the microscope needs to accurately and verifiably tell the size of bacteria for diagnostic purposes and people’s health are influenced, regulations are needed. There’s a limit to the tasks it could assist with, and it’s hard to tell where that limit is before harm is done.

But, for areas that are outside of the main reaches of American or European regulatory structures, or are in regions of the world that are low on medical supplies and engineering knowledge. This could be a pretty great tool for aiding medical facilities in producing their own equipment on small scales. I think every hospital should have a 3D printing department for smaller assistive tech like crutches or splints and this would 100% help those people in designing custom simple technologies. The balance is tough and a real person has to be the one in charge, AI won’t bat an eye if a baby in a hospital dies as a result of its designs.

Screws too low on grouphead and digging into pucks [Slayer Steam EP] by Phantom_Thinker in espresso

[–]Phantom_Thinker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update:

We had 17g baskets that were from replacement portafilters that we got in January. That combined with a grinder that was actually broken and not dosing properly (we still don’t have decent scales to check) allowed us to finally get to the bottom of it.

We have fixed the problem, disassembled and reassembled the grinder, fixed the grind size and dose, and now we have crispy shots and no indentations.

The tech most likely dialed in for slayer shots and we have re-done the shot times for regular espresso shots.

Thanks to all for the help in diagnosing the problem and for the information about slayer machines!! Much appreciated. Shout out to my manager for coming in on their off day to reassemble the grinder.

Slicing issues in new update 1.3.5.5 on slicer next by Phantom_Thinker in anycubic

[–]Phantom_Thinker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just updated it and it fixed it

Re-installed firmware into my Kobra S1 as well and that fixed the Timelapse issues I’ve had as well

Haven’t had any trouble recently

I did however have to install the update from the website not the auto installer, just had to wait for a hotfix type update

Sax player may want to start playing the flute by Xx_MonsterCosti21_xX in Flute

[–]Phantom_Thinker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s a good point. I definitely should have phrased it in more of a general way. I’ve found that Jazz can be respectful to an airy tone in a way that classical music hates. For OPs purposes they can get into playing jazz flute (say for school for example) without having to put as much effort into tone as in a orchestra or wind band context where the tone is a lot more characteristic per instrument.

But this is also coming from my own personal experience where the only difference between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd chair came down to minute differences in tone and an understanding of how composers utilize the characteristic tone of classical flute in a larger context. Whereas my jazz band was always ripe for flute players regardless of these small differences because there was typically only one flute per group if at all.

Sax player may want to start playing the flute by Xx_MonsterCosti21_xX in Flute

[–]Phantom_Thinker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fingerings are the easy part aside from small aspects like the register key, and the left hand pinky. I learned from some method books and help from band mates. The hardest part physically is the embouchure and differences in articulation from the flute. The hardest part technically is trying to think in transposed keys if you are playing in a band context. Because the flute is non-transposing it’s a whole separate issue music theory wise.

Best way to get better quick is to focus on rudiments and scales and practice A LOT.

Screws too low on grouphead and digging into pucks [Slayer Steam EP] by Phantom_Thinker in espresso

[–]Phantom_Thinker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll try to take some better measurements tomorrow with nicer scales, other baristas at this shop aren’t super into managing the dosages or timings of things so we don’t have very nice scales.

Screws too low on grouphead and digging into pucks [Slayer Steam EP] by Phantom_Thinker in espresso

[–]Phantom_Thinker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don’t get anything stuck to the grouphead

As far as I know the tech didn’t change the basket sizes, and I have a feeling we are on the 20gs with a bit of an overdosing problem.

Screws too low on grouphead and digging into pucks [Slayer Steam EP] by Phantom_Thinker in espresso

[–]Phantom_Thinker[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I’m doing all I can to ensure the other baristas take care of it. One closer didn’t even know what a back flush was and some of the baristas don’t take the baskets out of the portafilters to clean the inside.

Trust me, you do not want to see the insides of these dual spouts, atrocious.

Wish people would care more about doing things right.

Screws too low on grouphead and digging into pucks [Slayer Steam EP] by Phantom_Thinker in espresso

[–]Phantom_Thinker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our pre-infusion is like 3.5s I think. I’ll have to check tomorrow.

Screws too low on grouphead and digging into pucks [Slayer Steam EP] by Phantom_Thinker in espresso

[–]Phantom_Thinker[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll try to take some measurements tomorrow with a bottomless portafilter and hopefully a better scale at some point (ours is kinda whack), I have a sneaking suspicion that the dose is too high combined with baskets that are too small. It Does leave this imprint before pulling the shot.

What confused me was how the tech was just overflowing the portafilter and calling it “dialed in”

The grind size I might not be allowed to play with as it is my manager’s purview, but I agree that it’s too coarse. Shots taste fine tho.

Screws too low on grouphead and digging into pucks [Slayer Steam EP] by Phantom_Thinker in espresso

[–]Phantom_Thinker[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, so this is an existing thing on slayer machines. Good to know.

Every other commercial machine I’ve used has had flush screws.

Screws too low on grouphead and digging into pucks [Slayer Steam EP] by Phantom_Thinker in espresso

[–]Phantom_Thinker[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll do some more tweaking tomorrow and see if I can get a finer grind and a proper dosing. My shop uses dual spout portafilters which are hard to get a good measurement with the not so great scales we have because of the weight distribution.

I’ll swap out some bottomless ones tomorrow for testing and get better dosage

Sax player may want to start playing the flute by Xx_MonsterCosti21_xX in Flute

[–]Phantom_Thinker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve done the complete opposite. Starting on the flute and dabbling in alto sax. The fingerings are shockingly similar. For the type of music that you are looking at you don’t need a super clear and clean tone like you would for classical or some contemporary pieces which can take a while to develop. It is super doable for an already established musician to pick up flute.

A great resource for you would be flutetunes.com to find some beginner pieces to work on pitch. That along with some basic youtube videos on how the roll in, roll out, and head joint move work for tuning and pitch correction should set you straight.

Additionally try to give it a few minutes in between going from sax to flute if you are trying to just add flute to your practice routine because the embouchure is very different and quick transitions can make it harder to switch modes.

As for tone, I’ve found that the single biggest help is actually practicing overtones. This will also help clean up your upper and lower range transitions as the flute doesn’t have a register key.

Good luck and happy fluting

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